PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Oliveira (ranked 4304 p4p, 4296 weight class) and Filipe Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Oliveira
vs
Ferreira

187 cm
25
180
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
168
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gustavo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Filipe Ferreira!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira misses with a jab, cross combination.

Oliveira closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oliveira digs a right hand underneath Ferreira's ribcage. Ferreira let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Oliveira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oliveira gets through Ferreira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Oliveira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Oliveira has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ferreira can't get the takedown.
Oliveira keeps control of Ferreira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Oliveira breaks from the clinch.
Oliveira drops his hands momentarily and Ferreira takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ferreira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oliveira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ferreira throws a right and a left that both miss.

Ferreira gets tackled into the cage by Oliveira. Oliveira maintains the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Oliveira.

Oliveira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ferreira misses with a hook
and Oliveira counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Ferreira is rocked!
Gustavo Oliveira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Oliveira darts in and clinches Ferreira up against the cage.
Ferreira is still on wobbly legs! Can Oliveira finish him?
Oliveira cracks Ferreira with a nice body shot.
Oliveira is pushing Ferreira up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Ferreira pulls guard.
Oliveira stays in close to Ferreira's body and controls the position.
Oliveira looking to pass the guard.
Ferreira seems to have recovered his senses.
Oliveira has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Oliveira got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ferreira has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Oliveira has managed to get both his arms back between Ferreira's legs - danger averted.

Ferreira is looking for a triangle but Oliveira pushes his legs off easily.
Oliveira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ferreira is keeping the position for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.

Ferreira is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Oliveira is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Ferreira has his feet on Oliveira's thighs here. He's pushed Oliveira off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Oliveira screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Filipe Ferreira!